"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

ARE YOU AN IDOLATER? Nothing in all the world is more foolish, more debasing to humanity, more dishonoring to God, and more assuredly condemning to the souls of men and women than idolatry. Without question, idolatry takes many forms, from the worship of false gods, to the use of images in the worship of God (Ex. 32:4-5), to the making of imaginary images and pictures of angels,saints, or Jesus (Ex. 20:4), to the placing of spiritual value upon religious relics (II Kings 18:4), to the wearing of crosses for jewelry, to covetousness. However, the most subtle and abominable form of idolatry in the world is that which Paul calls "WILL WORSHIP" , the worship of one's self, attributing to self the work of God (see Col. 2:23). All who attribute salvation, in whole or in part, to the will, work, or worth of man are idolaters. They worship themselves. Any who believe that the determining factor in salvation is the will of man, the work of man, or the worth of man is a...

"God, according to His promise, hath raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus."   - Acts 13:23   Mark, my soul, the blessedness of these words. Jesus is not only Israel's Saviour, and hath fully answered, in every point, to that glorious character, but here we are led to discover His credentials. This is faith's warrant. I believe in Jesus. Why? He brings with Him the name, the authority, the commission of God the Father.     Jesus is the appointment, the ordinance, the method Jehovah hath sent forth for salvation. Sweet thought! So that, added to all that I behold in the Lord Jesus, adapted to my case and circumstances, I here see that Jesus as the Father's gift, the Father's sent, the Father's anointed, full of grace and truth. Jesus is therefore the great promise of the bible; for in Him are folded up and contained all the promises. And I see also, that God our Father was, and is, the great promiser. And I see that God not only gave this rich Saviour to poor...